Ep 78: NAVTOR | The Evolution of Digital Navigation

About this episode

Callum Beaumont interviews Todd Allen about the evolution of digital navigation and the challenges of leading a regional arm of NAVTOR.

In this episode of the Maritime SoftwareHub - The People Podcast, Callum Beaumont speaks with Todd Allen, Managing Director at NAVTOR, about his journey into the maritime technology space and what it means to lead a regional arm of a truly global organisation. They explore how passage planning and digital routing tools have evolved in recent years, and how modern navigation software is changing the way crews and operators make decisions onboard. Todd also shares what day-to-day life looks like as Managing Director of NAVTOR USA, including how he has built and managed a distributed team across the country and the lessons learned from making a remote structure work in practice. The conversation covers the broader challenges and benefits of operating within a global organisation, as well as how to approach selling complex software solutions into the maritime market. Looking ahead, Todd offers his perspective on the trends and shifts that will shape the future of navigation, routing, and maritime software more broadly, making this a must-listen for anyone following the digitalisation of the maritime industry. If you would like to learn more, you can visit www.navtor.com or reach out…

People in this episode

Host: Callum Beaumont

Guest: Todd Allen

Topics covered

• digital navigation
• maritime technology
• passage planning
• software solutions
• remote team management
• global organization challenges

Keywords

• digital navigation
• maritime software
• passage planning
• routing tools
• remote team
• maritime technology
• global organization

Sponsors

Cordell Beaumont

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NAVTOR, LinkedIn

Places: USA, maritime industry

More episodes of Maritime SoftwareHub

• Ep 80: Commodities People | Inside the World's Leading Commodity Tech Events Business · June 9, 2026 · 47 min
• Ep 79: Voltic Shipping | Launching and Scaling a Modern Shipping Line · May 21, 2026 · 25 min
• Ep 77: Robosys Automation | From Submarines to Autonomous Shipping · May 6, 2026 · 44 min
• Ep 76: Graham Bain | From Geologist to Energy Transition Analyst · April 22, 2026 · 37 min
• Ep 75: Youssef Elbehri | Selling Sustainability: The Reality of Commercial Roles in the Climate Economy · April 15, 2026 · 41 min
• Ep 74: Seacraft IT | Rethinking How Maritime Operators Discover and Adopt Technology · April 8, 2026 · 27 min